Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:29:04 +0200 (CEST)
From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
To: Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>
Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Random signals in {build,install}world recently?
Message-ID: <20031020152755.I47918@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de>
In-Reply-To: <20031020132055.GA4653@laptop.6bone.nl>
References: <20031020081944.GA40541@kevad.internal> <20031020132055.GA4653@laptop.6bone.nl>
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Mark Santcroos wrote: MS>On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:27:38AM +0200, Harti Brandt wrote: MS>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Vallo Kallaste wrote: MS>> MS>> VK>Hi MS>> VK> MS>> VK>It seems to be a recent problem. The hardware is OK, both Windows XP MS>> VK>(which I use very seldom) and Gentoo Linux do not exhibit any MS>> VK>problems. MS>> VK>Basically one will get random signals as I have got in build- and MS>> VK>installworld. It's impossible to complete make -j2 buildworld on my MS>> VK>machine, but sometimes non-parallel buildworld will do, only to die MS>> VK>later in installworld. MS>> VK>This is on two-processor AMD 2400+ MP system, ASUS A7M-266D mobo and MS>> VK>1GB ECC memory, ATA disks and CD/RW-DVD only. 4BSD scheduler if it MS>> VK>matters. MS>> MS>> I have the same MB just with 1800+ processors. I had to reduce the CPU MS>> frequency by about 10% in the BIOS setup to get the machine stable. I MS>> assume the problem is actually the memory. MS> MS>Couldn't the following be of help here? MS> MS>options DISABLE_PSE MS>options DISABLE_PG_G Is the processor bug that these options seem to circumvent dependend on the actual operating frequency of the processor? harti -- harti brandt, http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de, harti@freebsd.org
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